Coon Box Fork Bridge Explained

Coon Box Fork Bridge
Coordinates:31.7903°N -91.0936°W
Built:1919
Architect:Schuster & Jacob, Robert Taylor
Architecture:Twin-tower Swng. Susp. Brdg.
Added:May 23, 1979
Refnum:79003429

The Coon Box Fork Bridge is a swinging suspension bridge located 1miles southwest of Coon Box in Jefferson County, Mississippi. The bridge carries Coon Box Road across the North Fork Coles Creek. Constructed in 1919 for $3,498.99, the bridge has a wooden deck and concrete towers plated in iron. The bridge was one of many of the same type constructed in Jefferson County in the early 1900s to serve farmers in Coon Box; it is considered a "highly successful technological product" and is in fair condition.[1] The bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 23, 1979. The bridge was destroyed in 2015.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=79003429}} Coon Box Fork Bridge]. Historic Sites Survey. Mississippi Department of Archives and History. October 25, 2012. PDF. September 9, 1978.